removed unused code;

code clean ups;
Bugfix;

Author: al-develop

QuickNoteWidget/Converter/StringToTextDocumentConverter.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class StringToTextDocumentConverter : IValueConverter
         public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
         {
             TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();
-            doc.Text = (string)value;
+            doc.Text = (string)value == null ? String.Empty : value.ToString();
             return doc;
         }
 

QuickNoteWidget/MainWindowViewModel.cs

@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ public class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
         private const string BLACK = "#252525"; // Based on Theme colord "Dark"
         private const string GRAY = "#616161";  // slightly lighter than BLACK
         private const string LIGHT_GRAY = "#EAEAEA"; // slightly darker than "WhiteSmoke"
-        private const string NORMAL = "Normal";
-        private const string ITALIC = "Italic";
-        private const string STRIKETHROUGH = "Strikethrough";
-        private const string DEFAULT_FONT = "Arial";
-        private const string CYAN = "Cyan";
         #endregion Constants
 
         #region MVVM Properties
@@ -145,7 +140,6 @@ public string MultiLine
 
 
         public Settings Settings { get; set; }
-        public ICommand ClearMultiLineCommand { get; set; }
         public ICommand ResetViewCommand { get; set; }
 
 
@@ -160,9 +154,6 @@ public MainWindowViewModel()
         private void Init()
         {
             ResetViewCommand = new DelegateCommand(ResetView);
-            ClearMultiLineCommand = new DelegateCommand(ClearMultiLine);
-
-            ClearMultiLine();
             Fonts = new ObservableCollection<string>(LoadInstalledFonts());
         }
 
@@ -173,11 +164,9 @@ private IEnumerable<string> LoadInstalledFonts()
                     yield return font.Name;
         }
 
-        private void ClearMultiLine() => this.MultiLine = String.Empty;
-
         private void ResetView()
         {
-            var defaultSettings = SettingsLogic.GetDefaultSettings();
+            Settings defaultSettings = SettingsLogic.GetDefaultSettings();
             LoadSettings(SettingsLoadLocations.Default);
         }
 
@@ -242,7 +231,6 @@ public void SaveSettings()
             Settings.ShowInTaskbar = this.ShowInTaskbar;
             SettingsLogic.SaveSettings(this.Settings);
         }
-
         #endregion Settings
     }
 }

QuickNoteWidget/Settings.cs

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ namespace QuickNoteWidget
 {
     public class Settings : BindableBase
     {
-        public string SelectedThemeName { get; set; }
-        public string SelectedAccentName { get; set; }
-        public bool OnTop { get; set; }
-        public bool DisplayDetails { get; set; }
-        public bool ShowInTaskbar { get; set; }
-        public double TransparencyValue { get; set; }
-        public string CurrentFont { get; set; }
+        public string SelectedThemeName { get; set; } = "Light";
+        public string SelectedAccentName { get; set; } = "Cyan";
+        public bool OnTop { get; set; } = true;
+        public bool DisplayDetails { get; set; } = true;
+        public bool ShowInTaskbar { get; set; } = true;
+        public double TransparencyValue { get; set; } = 1;
+        public string CurrentFont { get; set; } = "Arial";
     }
 }

QuickNoteWidget/SettingsLogic.cs

@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@ namespace QuickNoteWidget
 {
     public static class SettingsLogic
     {
-        private const string CYAN = "Cyan";
-        private const string LIGHT = "Light";
-        private const string DEFAULT_FONT = "Arial";
-
         private static readonly string SettingsPath = $"{AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory}settings.xml";
-                
+
 
         public static void SaveSettings(Settings settings)
         {
@@ -51,24 +47,7 @@ private static Settings DeserializeFromFile()
         }
 
 
-
-
-        public static Settings GetDefaultSettings() => new Settings()
-        {
-            SelectedAccentName = CYAN,
-            SelectedThemeName = LIGHT,
-            OnTop = true,
-            DisplayDetails = true,
-            ShowInTaskbar = true,
-            TransparencyValue = 1.0,
-            CurrentFont = DEFAULT_FONT,
-        };
-
-
-
-        private static bool DoesSettingFileExists()
-        {
-            return File.Exists(SettingsPath);
-        }
+        public static Settings GetDefaultSettings() => new Settings();
+        private static bool DoesSettingFileExists() => File.Exists(SettingsPath);
     }
 }